‘Israel’ to allow goods into Gaza after suffocating closure

Besieged Gaza Strip (QNN)- Israeli occupation government has announced on Wednesday that starting Thursday, it will allow the entry of goods and equipment to the Gaza Strip in a move to ease tensions.
The move will increase imports of new vehicles, goods and equipment for civilian projects in the Gaza Strip, increase the number of permits for Gazan businessmen to enter the occupied territories, and resume dealings of gold between Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Only those already vaccinated against, or recovered from COVID-19, will be allowed to cross.
The Hamas movement also said that Egyptian authorities would also partially reopen its border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday after it ordered last Monday to close the Rafah border crossing.
Egypt’s sudden decision came only one day following massive protests on the borders between Gaza and 1948-occupied territories.
Israel’s Wednesday announcement came after hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated at the Gaza border, calling on the occupation state of ‘Israel’ to ease its suffocating siege, days after a similar protest ended with injuring at least 41 protesters, including one journalist and 51 children, after being shot with rubber-coated metal bullets and fired with tear gas bombs and live ammunition by the Israeli forces, last Saturday.
On Wednesday, the Israeli forces injured 14 peaceful protesters, including five with live bullets, 2 with rubber-coated metal bullets, and seven with tear gas bombs.
A Palestinian man was also announced dead yesterday as he succumbed to his wounds which he sustained after being shot by Israeli sniper last Saturday.
An 11-day of Israeli aggression last May on the Gaza Strip killed at least 243 people in Gaza, including 67 children.
A report by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank estimated that the damage caused in the 11-day Israeli bombardment of Gaza Strip was between $290m and $380m, while the recovery needs are projected at between $345m and $485m.
The Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) report also found that following the aggression, 62 percent of the population of Gaza is food insecure, adding that unemployment was already at 48 percent and poverty rates above 50 percent before the escalation.
The RDNA report found that most of the damage in Gaza from Israel’s bombardment in May was caused to social sectors such as housing, health, education, and social protection and jobs, at an estimate of $180m.
“The housing sector alone represents almost 93 percent of the total damages to the social sectors,” the report said.